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Where does “cruit” come from?

cruit (Irish) comes from Old Irish cruitt, from Old Irish crott, from Old Irish -id, from Proto-Celtic -īti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

cruit (Irish): harp; hunch, hump

Definitions

  1. harp; hunch, hump

Ancestry of “cruit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcruittharpist; Alternative form of crott
2Old Irishcrottharp, lute
3Old Irish-idForms a noun of agency
4Proto-Celtic-īti—
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “cruit”

  • cruitchlár
  • cruitchláraí
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